Tender steak, perfectly marinated to bring out the most explosive and amazing flavor!
Marinated Steak Bites
These steak bites will knock you straight in the taste buds. The marinade soaks into the steak so that every bite is just as amazing as the one before it. This recipe is about 2 steaks, which as an appetizer, feeds about 4 people. You don’t have to eat it as an appetizer though! If this is your whole meal, you better knock that down to just 2.
How to Marinade a Steak
The process of marinating steak does a couple of things. First, it adds a blast of flavor to the meat. Allowing the marinade mixture to soak into the meat and fat, gives it the chance to permeate the entire cut and ensure that each bite will be filled with layers of that amazing flavor. Second, it makes the meat more tender. Different cuts of meat have different degrees of toughness and marbling. Marbling in steak refers to the fat content. If you look closely, a well-marbled steak will have the streaky look of actual marble, and in my opinion, will taste better.
I have found that the optimal amount of time to allow a steak to marinade is about 30 minutes. However, I am one that likes to taste the flavor of the actual meat though. I want the flavor to have a chance to soak in, but without overpowering the natural flavor of the steak I am eating.
Want to try original Steak Bites with no marinade? I have a great recipe here: Cheesesteak Dip
Looking for other appetizer recipes?
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Marinated Steak Bites
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 4m
- Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 16 ounces top sirloin or ribeye steak, cut into 1-inch cubes
Marinade
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1/8 cup Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons dried basil
- 1 tablespoon dried parsley
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Place all ingredients except the steak in a large bowl or ziplock bag. Stir to combine.
- Drop in steak pieces and seal (or cover bowl) for about 30 minutes. (I like it right at 15 minutes, but you can do as much as overnight)
- Heat a large skillet to medium-high heat. (You want it hot) Remove steak pieces from marinade and place in hot skillet. Discard remaining marinade.
- Cook for 1 minute then flip each piece and cook an additional minute. That is for medium steaks, so cook longer if you prefer yours well done.
- Serve hot.
Tools used to make Marinated Steak Bites
The most important tool you will need for this recipe is a skillet. I like to use the biggest one I have which is a 12 inch cast iron skillet but you can get them even bigger. If you don’t have one that large, a smaller skillet will work similarly but you may need to cook the bites in small batches. They need a little space to cook evenly.
Did you make Marinated Steak Bites?
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Can you put these on a Traeger bbq and also smok them?
Sure!
At a restaurant, I had Black & Blue Sirloin tips. They were kind enough to rattle the recipe off but, of course, I didn’t have a pen or paper. Would this marinade taste ok if I added blue cheese crumbles at the end!! Thanks.
I think it would taste amazing, but I love Blue Cheese!
Can I use chicken instead of beef ?
Thanks !
I made this just like the recipe except I used Bragg’s instead of soy sauce. I used top sirloin and it was the best steak I’ve ever made! And I’ve made a lot of steak. My whole family loved it! Thank you so much for the recipe!! It will be a regular meal I cook from now on.